Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels by President Obama

*Man In Black* · Nov 27, 2009 09:30 AM

Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street's influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts.

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Getting rid of the lobbyists as government advisors puts the government and industry at arms length.

*heron* · Nov 27, 2009, 09:48 AM

Hold on boys, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

:clphnds:

*heron* · Nov 27, 2009, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Man In Black

Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street's influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts.

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Getting rid of the lobbyists as government advisors puts the government and industry at arms length.

And we know how politically incorrect that is ...

I give it 24 hours before we start seeing the blog entries about the assault on free enterprise vs. the ones on "fat cat" capitalists. Anyone want to start a pool?

Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels by President Obama

Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels by President Obama

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